Society for Library Professionals and SLA Asian Chapter are going to organize jointly Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2012 on Leadership, Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism in Library Service, 16-17 March 2012, New Delhi, India. For details contact http://www.slp.org.in/LIPS/Lips2012.html You are requested to submit your papers on the following themes:** * * *Thematic areas * The conference will discuss all aspects of libraries. Each theme will be divided into several sub-themes as detailed below, but not necessarily limited to: *Leadership, Ethics, and Accountability in LIS* · Strategizing leadership to bring about changes to work ethics and to build accountability · Knowledge of and focus on teaching & learning · Providing and participating in focused and sustained professional development · Building and leading teams to achieve goals · Using technology for learning and professional development · Communicating with community for awareness building · Leadership and management<http://www2.aau.org/coreprog/0104/themes.htm#Sub-Theme%201%3A%20Leadership%20and>trait in LIS profession · Innovative leadership for implementing products and services · Cultural dimensions of LIS development: Learning from others · Rethinking leadership: preparing professionals as future leaders in LIS *Maximizing Leadership and Effectiveness * · Decision making and problem solving · Modeling and encouraging innovation and creativity · Building a personalized learning environment · Socio-economic transformation and institutional leadership · Professional development in institutional leadership through knowledge management *Ethics and Professionalism* · Reassembling management ethics for bringing work culture · Ethics and professionalism in LIS · Rationalization and professionalization in LIS related to leadership and accountability · Ethics & morality in LIS leadership · Critical dimensions of ethics in LIS leadership · Ethics in copyright and intellectual property rights/ fair use · Developing ethics, values and professionalism to better serve our clients *Digital Library, Leadership and Ethics* * * · Leadership initiative in digital libraries development and management · Case studies of leading successful digital libraries · Digital libraries: Ethics, standards and best practices · Digital information: Creation, usage and sharing in an ethical context · Digital information: Licensing and pricing issues * * *Paper Submission Guidelines* Participants are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above themes and related aspects. The papers should be based on research surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers may submit through https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lips2012 Or Papers may sent to: Conference Secretariat at slp.lib@gmail.com Submission of full papers (not more than 5 pages) with an abstract in approximately 200 words, keywords and references on A4 size paper with margin 1.5 cm on all sides in MS Word format in 10 points New Times Roman type single line spacing. Length of the paper should not exceed 4000 words. Details such as name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address are to be included. Authors of accepted papers will be advised by The Program Committee by 31 January 2012. The paper submitted must not have been previously published or presented elsewhere. The Programme Committee will have the right to edit the papers. Selected papers will be published in the proceedings. *Dates to Remember: * Last Date for Submission of full paper January 15, 2012 Early Bird Registration February 15, 2012 Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings, only if Registered on or before February 15, 2012 * * Conference Secretariat *SLP Conference 2012* *C/o Institute of Economic Growth* *University of Delhi Enclave* *Delhi - 110007. India* Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367 Fax: 91-11-27667410 Cell: 09899110787 Email: society.lib@gmail.com <asiansla@gmail.com> Dr Debal C Kar University Librarian Ambedkar University Library Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate DElhi 110093, India debal@aud.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.